Disposable serving bowl and lid

Description

A portion of the disclosure of this patent document contains material to which a claim for copyright is made. The copyright owner has no objection to the facsimile reproduction by anyone of the patent document or the patent disclosure as it appears in the Patent and Trademark Office patent file or records, but reserves all other copyright rights whatsoever.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the inventive disposable serving bowl and lid with the lid mounted on the bowl;

FIG. 2 is a top plan view of the disposable serving bowl and lid with the lid mounted on the bowl;

FIG. 3 is a bottom plan view of the assembly of FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is a top plan view of the disposable serving bowl and lid of FIG. 1, wherein the disposable bowl is placed beside the disposable lid;

FIG. 5 is a bottom plan view of the disposable serving bowl and lid of FIG. 1, wherein the disposable bowl is placed beside the disposable lid;

FIG. 6 is a view in elevation and perspective of the disposable serving bowl and lid of FIG. 1 wherein the disposable bowl is placed beside the disposable lid;

FIG. 7 is an enlarged view in section and elevation of the bowl along line 7--7 of FIG. 4; and,

FIG. 8 is an enlarged view in section and elevation along line 8--8 of FIG. 4.

The disposable bowl is generally symmetrical about an imaginary axis bisecting the brim portion of the bowl at its maximum span, as will be appreciated from the drawings.

The disposable lid is generally symmetrical about an imaginary axis through one of its rim tabs which is also equidistant from the other two tabs, as will be appreciated from the drawings.

Claims

CLAIM The ornamental design for a disposable serving bowl and lid, as shown and described.

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Inventors:	Rush; Jonathan E. (Mount Bethel, PA), Campbell; Donald B. (Northampton, PA), Linnander; Robert J. (Nazareth, PA), Hoks; Margaret P. (Neenah, WI), Van Handel; Gerald J. (Neenah, WI), Swiontek; Anthony J. (Neenah, WI)
Assignee:	Dixie Consumer Products LLC (Atlanta, GA)
Appl. No.:	D/245,312
Filed:	December 21, 2005

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Current U.S. Class:	D7/542; D7/500; D7/538
Current International Class:	0701
Field of Search:	;D7/354,387,388,391,500,538,542,543,545,550.1,552.1,554.1-554.2,584,587,601,602,629 ;D9/424-432 ;219/734 ;220/574,656,657,659

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Primary Examiner: Hyder; Philip S.
Assistant Examiner: Underwood; Cynthia
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Georgia-Pacific LLC Hutter; Jacqueline M.